European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday july 27,1993 satellite design seen As Way to save billions Washington apr if the military is looking for ways to save billions of dollars it could Start with its $56 billion program of communications satellites congressional investigators said monday. The general accounting office found that if the defense department chose a standardized design for its satellites the program would Cost nearly $18 billion less than planned. Quot there arc acceptable alternatives. But the defense departments plan for taking advantage of modern technology which is intended to consider such savings has failed to materialize a the auditing  of Congress said in a report. The department has developed alternative platforms to carry the payloads of the satellites one known As the Quot single common Bush design the other called the a dual common Bush design. The single system favored by the air Force would Cost $46 billion. The departments advanced research projects Agency proposed the dual system with an Esti Boston apr a second biographer says author Joe Mcginniss improperly lifted her work for his controversial Book on sen. Edward m. Kennedy. Doris Kearns Goodwin author of the fitzgeralds and the Kennedy said saturday that Mcginniss the last brother improperly quotes from her sources or cites a letter she used for her Book without crediting her. Earlier author William Manchester complained in new York Magazine that Mcginniss essentially lifted 187 passages from his 1967 Book the death of a president. Quot this whole past week i was Reading w hat William Manchester was going through and feeling enormous empathy for him Quot Goodwin said. Mcginniss acknowledged in the Book that he relied on the work of Manchester Goodwin and others in writing the last brother. But in an interview with the Boston Globe he defended his work As original and said no one else has written a Book looking at Edward Kennedy a life in such depth. Quot now that the Book is out 1 Hope people judge it for mated Cost of $38 billion. The dual system includes two sizes of satellites one weighing about 600 pounds and expected to last three to five years and another weighing about 2,000 pounds with a lifespan of about 10 years. The study said the two Basic designs could accommodate a variety of payloads. Defense department officials in comments incorporated in the report said they generally agreed with the findings of the report. The dual system is one of several alternatives that defense Secretary Les Aspin is considering As part of his review of weapons systems. Rep. John Conyers jr., d-mich., who requested the report said in a statement that the less expensive design is an Quot offer we cannot  Quot this new report shows that if we act now the government could save up to $18 billion without sacrificing a any military capability a Conyers said. Quot it is a prime example of applying modern management and modern technology to our government  themselves a he said. Kennedy d-mass., refused to be interviewed for the Book. At one Point publisher Simon amp schuster was going to add a disclaimer to it saying that thoughts and comments attributed to the senator were invented. The disclaimer was removed at the insistence of Mcginniss who agreed to add an authors note explaining that he used Quot biographers licence in reflecting what Kennedy might have been thinking. Goodwin said that in some instances Mcginniss quotes her directly Quot and that is perfectly  Quot but there Are times when he goes directly to a primary source that comes from my work for example my interviews with Lem Billings a close Friend of the Kennedy s or Rose Kennedy a Goodwin said. Quot or hell go to a letter 1 dug out of the Kennedy Library and present it As if perhaps he had found it Quot she said. Manchester has threatened to sue Mcginniss. Goodwin said that before she decides what action to take she wants to speak with Simon amp schuster which is also her publisher. Quot i feel tremendous loyalty to them a she  going wrong Way kills 4 in  mashup from wire reports Oneida . A a car travelling the wrong Way slammed into two station wagons Over the weekend killing two adults and two children. Seven other people were injured in the crashes which occurred Halfway Between Syracuse and Utica Early saturday. Robert Moxley Iii 39, was charged with Drunken driving and driving the wrong Way on the new York state thruway state police said. The Oneida county District attorneys office planned to charge Moxley with four counts of. Vehicular manslaughter As soon As he has recovered from his injuries state police said. Moxley remained in serious condition at a Hospital sunday. Killed were Jean Gat Casebi Roachie 38 his 5-year-old son Derrick Marian Opoku Agameng 3 and Hayford Kwesi Otu 37. They were travelling in the first station Wagon with five other people from Ontario Canada tour of whom remained hospitalized sunday. A couple in the second car suffered minor  to 6 die in plane crash Lancaster Calif. A a Small plane crashed into a Field sunday night killing As Many As six a on Board. E twin engine Cessna crashed six Miles from the private Airstrip where it was to land said Federal aviation administration duty officer Jerry Acosta. Jeff Lawley who witnessed the crash from his Home two Miles away said the plane Quot just went into a big spiral Over into the ground straight into the  the engine sputtered and the plane seemed to be flying at lower than Normal Altitude before it crashed Lawley  Siren scares residents. San Clemente Calif. A a nuclear Power plants warning Siren accidentally went off Early sunday putting a scare into hundreds of residents police said. The Siren sounded about 1 . In a Semi residential area of the coastal Community located about five Miles North of the san Onofre nuclear generating station. Southern California Edison co., which owns the Plant quickly shut the Siren Down and was investigating Why it went off said Edison spokesman David Barron. Quot there is no problem at the Plant a he said. Police received Calls from More than 400 worried residents said sgt. Steve bernardi.2 planes collide on runway new York a a Jet and a commuter plane taxiing on a runway at Kennedy International Airport collided sunday damaging the aircraft but leaving passengers unharmed. A saudi arabian airlines 747 and an american Eagle commuter plane were moving toward a departure runway when one clipped the other said Jonn Kampfe a spokesman for the port authority which runs the Airport. The collision damaged the saudi jets left Wing and the commuter planets Tail Kampfe said. There were 40 people aboard american Eagle flight 4944 and about 130 aboard saudi arabian airlines flight 39. Both flights were bound for  crash kills 3 in family Clearwater Fla. A a Small plane carrying a family of four crashed Short of the runway at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport on sunday and three people were killed. The fourth was critically Hurt. The single engine plane was coming in for a Landing when it went Down in an Industrial area about a half mile from the runway said Airport director James Howes. No one on the ground was Hurt. Quot they had been cleared to land on one of our runways Here a said Mike French a Security coordinator at the Airport. Quot the Tower had no further Contact and they had no report of  killed were a 31-year-old South Carolina Man his wife and their son. The couples daughter was listed in critical condition at All children a Hospital a nursing supervisor said. The crash is under investigation. Height of affection Amy Blake and John Koch Exchange a kiss High above the mul Tomah county fair in Portland Ore. Quot we like to do carnival crowd after getting married on a fends wheel at things differently the Groom said. Author of Book on sen. Kennedy accuser again of lifting material